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Cryptic Serpent
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Jumpstart 2022J22 · #285
- Card type
- Creature — Serpent
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 2.43 € · 0.88 $
- Mana value
- 7
- Power
- 6
- Toughness
- 5
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
This spell costs less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Lius Lasahido
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-12-02
Flavour text
It slithers through the senses, constricting consciousness and poisoning perceptions.
Rulings
A split card only counts once for Cryptic Serpent's ability, even if it's both an instant and a sorcery.
Cryptic Serpent's ability can't reduce its cost to less than .
Cryptic Serpent's ability doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. It just reduces the cost to cast the spell.
